Easy "Camera + Projector" Calibration (OF addon) Projections of Reality. Getting started with Kinect on Ubuntu 12.04 – OpenNI, Nite , SimpleopenNI and Processing « ramsrigoutham. The objective of this tutorial is - 1) To install OpenNI, Nite (drivers that help getting data from the kinect) in Ubuntu 12.04. 2) To set up Processing and SimpleOpenNI ( OpenNI and Nite wrapper for Processing ) using which you can get started with Kinect coding. What you need? Kinect with usb cable and a computer with Ubuntu installed. It is not recommended to run Ubuntu as a wubi installer from Windows when working with Kinect. Better install Ubuntu in a new partition and run it. 1) Installing OpenNI and NITE 1) I highly recommend installing 32 bit versions of all even if yours is a 64 bit system.
Tip: Instead of navigating to different folders using cd command you can enable Open in terminal option when you right click in any folder. Sudo apt-get install nautilus-open-terminal After installing type : killall nautilus && nautilus in terminal to activate the change immediately. Testing the installation: Connect the kinect and ensure that the green Led on it is blinking. . Errors in my case: Install libfreenect Drivers on Ubuntu. Libfreenect is the end result of the famous Adafruit Kinect hacking bounty X-Prize winner. After it made its mark on the scene, the OpenKinect community was born and the rest is history. This guide will provide the resources necessary to install the OpenKinect libfreenect drivers for Ubuntu. The original installation guide can be found at OpenKinect's Getting Started Guide. We'll be performing the entire operation using a Terminal app.
If you're unfamiliar or uncomfortable using this tool, you'll just have to suck it up sonny, it'll be worth it in the end. The end result of getting this whole process running is a sweet feeling and segway's to so many cool DIY hacks. First up, upon up a Terminal. Installing Dependencies Type in the following to install the required dependencies and packages necessary to install libfreenect. sudo apt-get install git-core cmake freeglut3-dev pkg-config build-essential libxmu-dev libxi-dev libusb-1.0-0-dev Install libfreenect mkdir ~/Kinect cd ~/Kinect. VPT 5 mask. Introduction to programming with OpenCV.